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GARTRIDGELQADING MACHINE.

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CARTRIDGE LOADING MACHINE.

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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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' oAarr aloesroAome MACHiNE p, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,?80, dated April 1, 1884.

' Application filed April 11. 1883. (A 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, FRANKLIN L..CHAMBER- 'ILIN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga.

and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements inflartridge-Filling Machines; and I do hereby declare the follow- I ing tobe'a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. V

My invention relates to improvements in a machine for filling cartridge-shells, and more especially for filling shells that are used in shot-guns; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described,and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings,Figure 1 isafront elevation of my machine; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bottom .of an intermittently-revolving disk, showing notches by which the disk is actuated, and showing,also, the holes in which a dog or pin operates to hold the disk in accurate positiou'when the disk is at rest. The top portion of Fig. 3 represents in vertical section a table, levers, gearing, and other attachments of the machine. Fig. 6 is a plan view .of the \ttom of an arm with certain portions of the wad-pushing device attached. Figs? and Sare plan views, showing diiiercnt positions of a lever that aetuates the wad-pushing device. F1" 9 is a plan view of a lever and dog that ho d a cartridge from revolving while it is beingcrimped. Fig. 10 is a plan view. of a spider, the arms of which support various portions of the machine, also are seen portions of the device for placing the wads, and also the gates or valves for measuring and discharging the powder and shot.. Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view of one of the arms of the spider shown in Fig. 10, but showing, also, the wadpusher, wad-starter, the wad-fiugers,'-and a portion of the wad-holder. Fig. 12 is an elevation, partly in section, showing a gate or valve and a segment-gear and rack for operating the same, and showing, also, a cartridges'hell and a crooked lever by the joint action of which the segmentgear and rack are engaged or separated, as is required. Fig. 13 is a plan view of a cross-head with its various arms, and showing in section a supporting and guiding shaft or column and inclosed bolt. Fig. 1i is a vertical sectional view of the said supporting shaft or column, with an internal bolt and other devices for supporting and adjusting the spider shown in Fig. 10, a portion of said spider being also shown in Fig.14. Fig. 15 is a vertical sectional view of a wadrammer. Fig. 16 is a vertical sectional view of a marker. Figs. '17 and 18 are views of a crimper, one in elevation and one in section. Fig. 19 is a view in perspective of a receptaole for cartridge cases or shells, a cut;ofi"device, and a guiding-tube, and in section aslbtted rod that actuates the cut-off device. Fig. 20 is a vertical sectional view of a punch and a cartridge-shell, the parts being in position for .removing a cap or primer that is also shown. a cartridge-shell and the device for capping or priming shells. Fig. 22 is a vertical sectional view of portion of the mechanism for crimping or closing the cartridge-shell above the .wad. Fig. 23 is a cross-section of the tube containing the caps or primers with a primer inclosed. Fig. 24 isia horizontal section of the cartridge and the shot-filling tube, and showing the bent lever for holding the filling tube in position relative to the cartridge.

A represents a vertical central shaft firmly supporting the table a, and terminating in a Fig. 21 is a vertical sectional view of broad flange or base, A, that supports the machine.

Under the table, and supported therefrom by the pendent boxes a, is the cross-shaft B,

-to the ends ofi which are firmly attached the spur-gears B, that are driven from the crankshaft B by means of p'inions B". The gears B are also crank-wheels, and are provided with the wrists b, to which are attached the pitmen b, that operate the cross-head 0. (Sec IOC also Fig. 13.) The shaft A acts as a guide for a the cross-head, and is provided witha groove.

in which operates the feather c, that is attached to the cross-head. The cross head is alsoprovided with the arms both of which terminate alike in thimble ends, that are threaded on their inner surfaces for the adjustment and supp rt of the rammers C, that, by means of their screw ends, are supported therefrom. These rammers force the wads .into the cartridge-shells, as will be hereinafter described,

.and are each made self-adjusting by means of a slip-joint-and a coil-spring,'F, operating bei tween the shoulder of the screw end above and the shoulder of the rammer below, (see Fig. 15,) and held in place by the cross-pin f, operating in a slot in the inner part of the rammer and attached firmly to the outer part, the arrangement of parts being such that by the i compression of the spring any excess of pressare on the end of the rammer will be relieved.

In the orifice c, that is located in one arm of the cross-head, operates the crimper 0 that crimps or closes the top of the cartridge-ease over the top wad, toprevent the wad from moving. (See Figs. 17 and 18.) By means of a quick thread in the orifice c, engaging a corresponding thread on the top portion of the crimper, rotary motion, but alternately in opposite directions, is given to the said crimper by means of the reciprocating motion of the cross-head. and is guided by the stationary 'thimble E", and is provided just above this thimble with a slip-joint, as shown in Figs. 17 and 18, in

which the lower part of the erimper engages asocket in the upper part, forming a slipjoint. The outer and upper part of the socket is provided with jam-nuts ll, and the lower and inner part with a pin, It, that is firmly attached to the said inner part and operates in a slot made in the outer part, the said pin supporting a coIlanR Around this part of the crimper is a coiled spring confined between the said jam-nuts and the said collar, and the arrangement of parts is such that by means of theeompression of the said spring the slip-- joint operates so as to relieve the (-rimpcr of any excess of pressure on the end of the same;

also, by means of these jam-nuts R the ten sion of the said spring can be so adjusted as to cause the said crimper to operate with the required maximum of pressure.

,, circumstances would be turned down through its nut; but if the end of the (supposed) bolt should meet obstruction it would lift on its nut, and if this nutwere held down bya This crimper passes through spring it would compress the spring. .80 the erimper, when it comes in contact with the cartridge-shell a'nd can go down no farther, lifts its nut, which is that part of the spring r thathappens to be in contact with'said worm r, and compresses that part of the spring that is. above the worm 1'. Of course the amount of compression of this spring is the measure of pressure in the contact of the crilnpcr with the shell. If, by reason of a longer shellor rom any other cause, the pressure might bee metoo great, the slip-joint and spring that is above the thimble E, and hereinbefore described, will relieve the parts, as

aforesaid. Of course an upward motion of the cross-head will reverse the rotary motion of the crimper and cause it to advance upward. The lower end of the crimper is recessed in the proper shape for crimping the shell, as shown in Fig. 18, and this recessed end is made detachable from the spindle.

When it is desired to load shells with charges so small that the top wad is pressed some distance below the top end ofthe shell, it is not practicable to crimp the upper edge of the shell down so far as to hold the wad firm. In such case it is better to hold the wad in its place by creasing the sides of the shell .by means of grooving or creasing just at the top edge of the wad. My device for this purpose is shown in Fig.22, and is attached to the spindle of the erimper, and is interchangeable with e recessed end aforesaid. (Shown in Figsilt' and 18.) The device consists of' a eentral'cylindrical piece of metal or plug, S, with the lower end flat and adapted to press down on the wad during the creasing process. The top end is made suitable for engaging the lower end of the spindle of the crimper aforesaid, while the middle portion is provided with atransverse mortise, into which are pivoted the bent arms S,to the lower end of which are attached therollers S", of suitable shape for creasing the sides of the shell, as aforesaid. These arms are drawn toward each other by means of a coil-spring attached from one arm to the other, and the arms are forced apart against the tension of the spring by means of atogglejoint attached to the arms, as shown in Fig. 22. The toggle-joint is operated in one direction by means of a small rod, 8, attached thereto, and so arranged that when the said arms are distended by means of the arms of the togglejoint being in line the lower end of the said rod will extend below the central plug, S, and thereby first come in contact with the wad, by means of which the toggle-joint will be forced out of line or deflected upward, thus allowing the arms to be drawn toward each otherby thev spring S aforesaid, and thereby causing the said rollers to be pressed against the sides of the shel1, whieh, by means also of the rotary motion of the'parts creases ori'grooves the shell at the top edge 0 the wad as desired. .At-, .tached to the said toggle-joint, and leading a short distance upward, is a small rod, with:

' ing ,around the'axis of that extends upward so as the upper end thereof suit-able for pressing against the ring 8'' while the said rod is revolvthe said erimpers spindle. The riugis provided with a slide, 8 that is embraced and guided by the thimble E" and to encounter the cross-head near the end of its downi'vard stroke and be pressed down' thereby, and by mezins oi the aforesaid engagement and attachments pressing downward into a straight line, the

said toggle-joint thereby distending the arms,

so that in 'the upward motion of the crilnper thatinnncdiately t'ollows,the rollers on the ends of the arms will not encounter the shell of the. S will then continue discartridge. The arms tended until by an engagement on the downward stroke with another cartridge the creasing operation will be again repeated.

From an arm, of the cross-head C issuspended and operated the marker 0 for marl:- ing the-top wad of the cartridges. 1.6.) To the extreme end of the arm 0 is attached the slotted rod X, operating the arm N of a rock-shaft and cut-oft device N that are attached to and operate in connection with the inclined container-box O, in which the cartriclge shells are placed preparatory to being fed into the machine. The cutoff device is attached to thesaid rock-arm, and is in the shape of an inverted trough, and located so near the bottom of the container. that a shell cannot pass between the two, exceptasthe cut-off is rocked or oscillated. when, near the endof the upstroke of the cross-head, the slotted rod X engages the arm N and raises the upper edge of the said trough, a shell will by its own gravity roll under the said trough.

Then, by the downward stroke of 'the cross head, the top edge of the trough is lowered and the lower edgeraised, the shell will pass out from under the trough or cut-01f, and, coming in contact at its outeu'end wit-h the transversely-inclinjd pd otthh container, the shell is discht'trget' nifl wise into one of the holders hereinafter described.

: To insure the proper entering of the shell into the holder. there is provided the vertical gniding-tube 0', the inner half of which, O-, is a door that hinged. to the outer half, and is closed by the arm N, attached to the said rocktrzn and operating ona-pin on the door. This closing of the door of the guiding-tube occurs just as the shell is discharged from the con-.

taiuer-box into the machine. ward the arm X is withdrawn, and the said door is opened by means of a spring attached. to hinges of the said door.

the door allows'the Directly aftershclls to be carried away by the holders,as will be hereinafter described.

To the cross-head also are attached the racks 71, the punch l, and the capping device P, all hereinafter described.

.D represents adisk that has its bearing and axis on the shaft A, just above the table a, and revolves with an intermittent motion that is provided by the arm b, attached to the shaft (See Fig. I

these pins with the incline The opening of.

B, that oncelina revolution of the said shaft engages one of. an annular disk to turn the required distance, a slot in series of patches -on the bottom of said disk,and,causes the the-table to allowing the said arm tore'volva byfinea-ns of the-pin ment by means ot'a spring-a This pin is tripped out of its engagement'with .the disk by-the cam If, that is' also attached to the shaft B, and is arranged in such manner as to operate to withdraw the pin a from the disk D when the arm I) is acting upon said disk.

The bottom -viewof the disk, Fig. 2, shows the notches and holes in which thearm b and the pin a operate, as athresaid. At the pe-. ripheryof the'disk, and with equal spaces intervening between them, are attached theholders-(Z, that receive the empty shells as they are t delivered into the machine, as aforesaid, and carry them by means of mittent motion of the disk from station to station, to receive the different parts of the loading and other treatmentincident thereto. I These holders are divided vertically in halves, and the inner halves are firmly attached to the disk, while the outer halves are hinged to their respective inner halves like doors, but with springs attached in such a manner to their respeetivehinges as to press the two parts of the holders together. (See Fig l.) Pendent from the bottom edge of the the aforesaid inter:

forward corner of the doors of the holders-are the pins 12.

(Shown in Fig-2.)" By the engagement'of a, that is attached to the upper side of the table a, the doors of the holders are opened at the proper time to discharge from, the machine cartridges that have been loaded and finished, and are held open by this engagement until the holder'has received-an empty shell in place of the loaded one just discharged. Immediately after this,

and by the disengagement of the said pin with the said incline, the said holder closes around the shell, holding itfirm in its rotation with thedisk.

Pivoted to the table a, Fig. 5, are the verplace during its tic-a1 spindles G, to which are attached the le-' rers GI. .These levers are placed so close to the table that holders pass over them without contact.- The metallic end of the shell, however, extends below the holder, and as it is passed in its proper holder, as aforesaid, it engages and actuates the said levers, first forcing'back the toe of the lever as the shell approaches the station in front of which the lever is iulcrumed. As the shell leaves the station it comes in contact with theheel of the lever and reverses it or throws it back into its first position. (See Figs. 7 and 8.) These movements of the spindle G, produced by the cartridges in the holders, serve to actuate the l'e and-lever holds the shell from revolving during the crimping. process. 'The pressure of the lever Gi-again'st the. shell is caused by the pre'sshre of the-rimof the contiguous wheel B against the lever By means of a recess in the rim of the wheel B,that comes the lever justasthe crimping process is com- 'pleted, andby the action of the shell, the lev.er G. is drawn back into said recess, and remains backwhile' thecrimped .shell is carrid forward and-another shell is Ihrought to the station tobecrimped. f E represents a spideradjustably attached to the shaft A a short distance above the disk D. The .npperpa'rtof the shaft A is hollow, as 25 shown in Fig. 14, and incloses a bolt, A, that is attached to the hub of the spider E by a pin, I A, that'operates in a slot in .the shaft A. The

bolt A is provided with the nut A, that rests on'th'e end of the shaft and. terminates in a boss that-extends into a recess in the end of the said shaft. A small set-screw extends 7 through this part of the shaft, and engages a groove in the said boss, and prevents the n-u t from'lifting. By means-of the said pin, bolt, and nut, the spider may be raised or lowered, and thereby accurately adjusted. To the arms of this spiderare attached several parts of the machine, to wit: To the arm E is attached the powder-container, and the arm E supports the shot-container. One arm terminates in the' thimble E connected with the crimper already described. -To' the arms E? are attached [the wad-holders, the'wad-pnshers, and their respective attachments. The wad-holders K are vertical, and are ttachedonly to the sides of their respective arms, and may be made of v tubes, but preferably of rods arranged in a tubular form, as shown in the drawings, which construction. admits of thrusting aquantity of the wad-holder between theirodsfrom above,

the elasticity of the rods rendering armand the thimble. On'theoutside of this thimble operates a second thimble, lc thatmay. '65 be so adjusted as to-more or less close the aforesaid opening between the arm and the inner andshown also in Fig, of the wads used, so

shells at;

The combined action of the dog,

opposite r g coil-spring, e, that in -for the wad, that insures apart slightly by the tween them by the wad-pusher, and by means .eartridge wads held between the thumb and finger into them self g adjusting. (As the wads are received in packages, from-which they may readily be lifted in .YVhen this slot is that the slot is below,

thimble, k, and gage it to about the thickness that but one wad can be pushed out'at the same time. Outside of the wad-holders, but operating on andembracing the same arms 131%, respectively, are the slides.

l, projections of, him, l, extending toward the wad-holders, constitute the wad-pushers, and are adapted-to push the bottom wads out from under the columns of wads in the wad-holders when the slides Z are advanced for that purpose.

The slides are operated from below by means of the slotted levers 1 that engage the pins 9, attached'rigidly by means of the arms 9' to their respective slides Z. These slotted levers are firmly attached to the spindles G, that are actuated by the levers G, as aforesaid, so that when shells. approach means of their actuating the levers G, as aforesaid, wads are thrust from the wad-holders to the fingers e, respectively, where they mers into shells beneath. The thimble e has a lining-tube, e", or wad-starter, restingon a turn rests onthe outer casing of the thinible. (See Fig. 11.) As the rammer G forces-the wad from the grasp of the said fingers and through the starter t2, the

friction between the said wad and starter is such as to'force the starter down in contact with the end of the shell 0, that is just underneath it, making a continuous passage-way its entering the-shell in a proper manner. \Vhen the wad leaves the starter and enters the shell, the starter, by

means of the sprin aforesaid, is raised to its former position contiguous to the fingers aforesaid. The fingers (see Fig: 10) are forced "wad as it is thrust bethe fingers of a spring, 0", acting expansivcly,

' are made to grasp the wad sufficiently firm to' 'hold it suspended over the wad startcr until the deseend'ing rammer forces the 'n'ad to the :shell, as aforesaid. The containers.

for powder and shot are upright vessels, that terminate below in discharging-tubes that are provided with gatesora'alves, by means of which thepowder and shot are niea'sured and discharged at times and-in quantities as desired. These valves are of a variety that conwad station by are held in position over the thimble e, to be forced at a proper. time by descending ramsistsof. a horizontal cylindrical chamber cutting transverselythe discharging tube, and in which operates a hollow plug, h, that has a broad slot, h, or opening on one side of it.

To these plugs merit-gears h,

ment of the parts is such that the upward movementof thc cros's-hcadturns the plug turned up, the powder or through the pipe ,be- 3-; g

s 71-, attached Y vIO , rubber h".

I the. primers have been exploded.

changes the gear from or valve in the position to be filled from the container above. The downward stroke of the cross-head gives a half-revolution to the plug,- which brings it in position to discharge its contents below. A lever, 71, is attached by means of the collar 71 to the dischargingtube, and adjusted in such amanner that when shells c approach the stations they engage the said lever, and by means of this engagement turn the guiding-tube in its bearing on'the arm of the spider, and turn with it, also, its attaclnnentssuch as the segment-gear h-and the position shown in the upper dotted lines,

in Fig. 12 the gear engages the rack h, and is actuated thereby, causing the powder or shot to be discharged into the shell. \Vhen the shell leaves the station, it engages another part of the lever, by means of which the parts are turned in the opposite direction, bringingthe segment-gear into the position shownby'the upper dotted lines, Fig. 2-1, in which position it does not engage the said rack. If for any reason a shell were notin posi tion in the holder to engage the lever 71, the segment-gear h would remain inoperative and no ammunition would be discharged. The size and arrangement of the respective slots in the plug and in the wall of the casin g are relatively such that the receiving passageway into the plug will be closed before the discharging passage-way will have con'm'lenced to open.

In operating the valve attached to the shotcontaincr, it was found that sometimes, in closing the valve above, shot would be caught between the edge of the valve at the slot h and the edge' of the casing, whereby either the valve would be stopped from turning or the shot would be mutilated. To obviate this difficulty, I have devised a secondarychamber, h, opening into the primarychamber or val veseat, the said opening'between the two chambers taking the place of the aforesaid objectionable shearing-edge of the casing,'and in place thereof this partis made elastic, preferably by filling the sec01ular .'-chain'lier with The operation of this part of the device is such that when shot are caught, as aforesaid, they are pressed back into the yielding contents of the secondary-chamber, and by the elasticity of the same the shot are ejected from this secondairy-chamber as soon as, by the opening of the valve, the pressure is removed from this part. Usually thc'cartridge shells or cases that are filled on this machine are new, and are provided with primers that were attached when the shells were manufactured. Sometimes, however, it is desired to fill shells that have before been used, and consequently It is necessary, in order to use these shells again, to remove the cxploded'caps and to "replace them with new ones. 1,

- For removing the old caps, we have the punch 1, attached to and operated by thearm Fig. 24, to the iower;

dotted lines, in which last position (shown alsd "the table 1; of the cross-head, and operating directly over one of the stations where the shell stops. Directly under the point hole, p in the table a, when the punch descends, the point thereof, coming in contact with the cap, forces it from its contact with the shell through the hole p", causingit to be discharged from the machine, (See Fig. 20.) To the arm 2; of the spider E is attached the set I, that is a part of the capping device. The caps are placed in a proper manner in the, tube 12 that is adapted .0 receive the caps and convey them to the anvil 19 that is set just below the surface of in the recess T. The capping-tube is hinged at t and supported by springs i, as shown. This part of the device is so far depressed below the surface of the table a that the shells carried by the disk D will pass above it, and so located that when the shell stops at-this station the hole in the bottom of the shel l, from which the old cap has just been punched, will be directly over the cap that is on the anvil When the set I descends, the shell is forced down in contact with the cap that is on the anvil, and by of the punch is a of suitable size, so that means of said set the cap is forced home to its place in its shell, the capping-tube receding down upon its springs as the shell descends, and, by means of the said springs, immediately; regaining its first position when the pressure of the shell and set have been removed. To the left of the capping-tube is shown a section of the tube (See p Fig. 23.) I

To the upper endot' the shaft A is attached a rod, supporting the disk M, and stillabove supporting the bell M. To the disk are attached the bell-hammers '1. These hammers are pivoted in the central part, and soarranged that a downward pressure on the outer end will cause the hammer end to strike the bell M. disk M that the outer ends are contiguous to the rodsf, attached, respectively, to theranilners C, Figs. 1 and 15. These rods are pivoted with adjustable collars, that, when the machine is working lower end of their stroke very near, but do not touch, the said bell-hammers. It will be seen, Fig. 15, that these rods do not connect with the screw-end part of the rammcrs, but connect with the part-that extends below and forms the rammer end of the device. These rammcrs, when they have forced the wads firmly upon the powder or shot, can go down no farther, and remain stationary, while, by means of the'slipjoints aforesaid, the cross head can still descend to the end of its stroke. In case there were no powder or shot below the wads, the rammcrs would not meet with such resistance as would stop their advance downward; but the rammcrs would in that case continue down with the crosshead to the end of the stroke. This would bring the said collars on the rods f with -.'cap inclosed.

These hammers are so arranged on thedown on the bell-hammersproperly, come at theand soundan alarm,that wouldshow that somecontainer,.or even after the shot-container, if .-thi1igwaswrong and that therewas short amd'esired. y munition in the cartridge-shells. 4 I hereby reserve to myself the right to -em The general operation of the machine, of body inaseparate applicationforLetterslhito whichIhave'already given the description in cut the arrangement for creasing cartridge I detail; isas follows: Powder, shot, wads, and shells hereinidescribed, and illustrated in Fig. ccartridge shells having been supplied in ..a 22 of the drawings. proper manner to the respective containers, What I claim isholders, and inclined receptaele,'the machine 1- In; a machine for filling cartridges, the Y 10 is, set in motion; At what I will call the. combination, with'a shell-feeder and an interhome station,, shells are'both received into mittently-rotating device carrying shell-hold- I and discharged from, the machine. 'Iheseers, of a powder-container, a wad-feeder, and stations-arethe points where the shell-holders a shot feeder, and means for automatically remain stationary during the interval betweenv actuating the same, whereby the shells are fed i5 the intermittent motions of the disk D- and filled, substantially as set forth.

i. I will deseribe'the passage of a shell through 2. In a machine for 'filling cartridges, the the machine and the different operations inei combination,with the main structure thereof, dentthereta' Asa holder approaches thehome and a crosshead arranged to reciprocate upon station, the-door of theholder is opened by the said structure, of a rotary crimper-rodcarried f2o engagement of thepin d at the bottom of the upon said cross -head, and provided at its lower door withtheincl-inea. Whentheholderstop's, end with devices for automatically'embracing .it. will be directly over an opening, a, in the the sides of the shell, substantially as and for --'-tablea,'through which the cartridge, if therebe the purposes set forth.

j' 'one in the holder, will be discharged from'th'e 3. In a machine for filling cartridges, the go 25 machine, During the next upward stroke of combination, with the, main structure thereof,

' the erosshead the disk is again advanced, the of a reciprocating cross-head and a yielding holder inquestion still having its door held marker adapted to be actuated thereby, and jopen byjlthe jineline aforesaid. Just as the means for holding the shell during theopera- I holder .is starting from the home station it tion of marking, substantially as shown and 30* passesund'er the guiding-tube 0'. At this modescribed. v

-mentthedo0r of the guiding-tube'is closed, 4. Ina machine for filling cartridges, the andga-ishell, bymeans of the cut-off device combiuationof the main structure thereof with above,"is' discharged through it into the holder. the reciprocating cross-head, 'a punch adapted "At the next instant the'door of the guidingto-be actuated thereby, and a support for the '5' tube is.opened,and the door of theholder is shell, the said punch being adapted to enter closed on vthe shell, holding "it firm, and imthe shell and force the prime therefrom, submediately after the station that I willname st'antiallyas'shown and described. ,2isrea ched. "Ihe nextdownstrokepunches 5. In a machine for filling cartridges, the

theeap' from" the shell, the following upcombination, with-the"mainstructure thereof,

0 stroke advances the shell to station 3, when an actuating cross-head or equivalent device,- the succeeding downstroke caps the shell. and means foroperating the same, of the shell- These-two devices (the punch and'eapper) are feeden'the punch adapted to enter the shell only used when old shells are being filled. and remove the prime, the prime-set adapted -,--When new-- shells are used, these two devices to enter the shell, the automaticjprime-fe'ed "rrof- 4 are'eitl1er removed from the-machine or-the ,tube, the yielding seat to receive the. shell,

' punch P andsetP are screwed up so high as, whereby the prime isfixedthereto, the auto-= 'to be inoperative. At station 4 the shell re; 'maticaIly discharging powder-coi'itainer, the'v ceives thepowder, and at station 5 a wad. wad-feeder,- the automaticallydischarging 5o 7 another wad is placed. At station 8 the j'iedjtoact uponthe periphery of the shell to crimping orcr'easing is done, and at-station 9" crimp the same, the' wad-marking device, and the cartridges are markedfi This completes devices for discharging the completed car- -thecartridge,,and it is now ready to? be dis 'tridge', the said several devices here named charged, which will behone at the next or [being arranged-and adapted to be automati- --r 20 5 5 home station already described.

V p H M cally operated in proper order, substantially In e'ase'it is desired to place ore than one as shown and described. .wad as,forinstance,overthepowder-itmay' 6. 111a machine-for filling cartridges, the

be'aceomplishedbyincreasingthe thickness of combination, with the main 'structure,a re- At station 6 th e shot is added, and at'station shot-container, the crimper mechanism adapt- I 15 v the wad-pusher Z and the fingers attached and ciprocating cross-head or equivalent device 1 25 6o raising the thimble' k, in which case more than mounted thereon, and the connections for actu 4 one wad might be placed in the shellby one atin'g the same, of a rammer, adjustably constroke of the rammer; also, it is practicable to .nected to said cross-head, and arranged to admakelarger machines with morestations, holdjust thepresdure and maintain the uniformity ers, and other accompanying parts, so that (111-, of the same,"substantially as set'forth. 1 0 55 plicate devices for placing wads in the shells 7. In a' machine for filling cartridges, the

, maybe added between'the powder and shot combination, with the main structure thereof and a, reciprocating cross-head or equivalent device, of theadjustable rammer, provided with the slip-joint and springs, whereby any excessof pressure upon the parts may be relieved, substautiallyasfand for the purpose set forth.

8. In a cartridge-filling machine, wad-holders the cases of which are provided with elas- 1 tie parts -.adaptedto expand or open sufficiently to receive wads, singly or in quantities, thrust in at the sides of the holder, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

92' Ina cartridge-filling machine, wad-holde'rs adapted to receive wads in quantities through the sides by means of the elasticity of the parts, and so constructed and arranged thatthe wads in'the holder are always exposed to the view of the operator, substan- 20 ifaiiatlily as described, and for-the purpose speci- 10. In a-cartridge-loadingmachine provided with wad-holders, adjustable passage-ways through which wads' may be pushed from the 25 ,holders in desired quantities,substantial] y as and for the purpose set forth.

I 11. In wad-holders for a cartridge-loading machine, provided with adjustable passage ways,th rough which wads are pushed from 0 the wad-holder, movable collars, gates, or

equivalent devices adapted to adjust the said passage-way to a desired size, substantially as described, and for the pdrpose set forth.

12. In a cartridge-filling machine, the com- 3 bination, with the wadholders, and the wadrammers, of the yielding fingers for holdingthe wads in position to be operated upon bythe manners, and the wad-pushing slide provided with an extension .i'or operating beneath the 0 wad-holders, substantially as described 13. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination, with the yielding \vadstarting tube, oi thewad-rammer, whereby the wad is ac-' curately conveyed to and forced into the shell,

' 5 substantially as described.

.14; In a. cartridge-filling machine, the com bination of the wad-holder with the slide provided with an extension constituting a wad-pusher, and mechanism for operating the: 50 same, substantially as set forth.

15. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination,with the wadushers, of the slotted levers connected therewith, the spindles to which said levers are attached, and the levers 5 5 mounted upon said spindles and arranged to be engaged by the passing cartridgeshclls contained in the holders, whereby the slotted levers are actuated to move the slides or pushers when the shells are in ,the holders contigio nous to the respective levers, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

" 16. In acartridge-filling machine provided with ga-tes or valves for measuring and discharging powder and shot, the secondary 35 chamber, provided with elastic filling, sub- 7. Ina machine for filling cartridges, the combination, with the shot or {powder container and the means for automaticallyopen- 'to the said eontriner and adapted to be act uated by the shell to be filled, whereby the devices which open the; cut-0d valve in the container are made to engage each other and 18. In a machine fer filling cartridges, the combinatiomwith the main structure thereof, of the :in termittently-rotating disk mounted upon a suitable column, and adapted to support the holders and to receive the said motion through the act-ion of arotating shaft provided'ivith arms or levers which'engage Zrecesses or holes in the under side of the said disk, substantially as described.

19. In' a machine for filling cartridges, the combination, with the intermittently-rotating disk provided with holes or notches on the under side thereof, of the rotating shaft provided with radial levers or arms, and the cam for actuating and stopping the said dish, substnntially as shown and described.

eombinatioinwith the main structurethereof, of the spider mounted upon the central column of the main structure, and provided with radial arms or lcvers arranged to'support the powder and shot discharging devices, and the scribed.

21. In a machine for filling cartridges, the combination, with the main structure thereof, the hollow shaft, the bolt therein, and the nut connecting the two together, of the spider and the device for connecting the same with-the bolt, substantially as shown and described. I

22. In a machine for filling'cartridges, the

, combination, with the cartridge-carrier provided with a cutoff arranged, to receive, retain,and discharge the-cartridges one at a time, of a cartridge-guiding tube arranged to receive the cartridges fronrthe earrierand to deliver them to the eartridge holders, substantially as shown and described.

23. In a inachine'for'filling cartridges, the combination, with the cartridge-carrier pro- "vided with a cutoff and means for actuating the cut-ofl', of a cartridge-guiding tube adapted to receive them from the carrier and to deliver thcm to the holders, substantially as shown and described.

24. In a machine for filling cart-ridges, the combination of the inclined cartridge-carrier extending therefrom and the cut-oil. device secured thereto, and means for automatically actuating the same, substantially as described.

25. In a machine for filling cartridges, the combinatioh of the slotted a-ct-ua 'ng-rod, the rock-shaft, its extendingarms, an the cut-ofl' device secured thereto, with the two-part guiding-t-ube adapted to engageone of! said arms,

stantially asshown and described.

and the int-ermit-tently-rotating disk provided ing and closing the same, of the lever secured 7- the'valve opened, substantially as described,

wadushers, substantially as shown and d9.

20. 'In a machine for filling cartridges, the

with the transverse rock-shaft, having arinsY with shell-holders, the said devices being eon-. structed and arranged so as to co-operate and properly conduct, discharge, and receive-the shells, substantially as shown and described.

26; In a cartridge-filling machine, thecombi nation, with the main structure and a reciprocating cross head mounted thereon, of the crimper-rod provided with the spiral bead, the thimble E", situated above the bead, and a coiled spring depending from the thimble and arranged to engage said head, substantially as set forth.

27. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination,with the main structure and a reciprocating cross-head mounted thereon, of the crimper-spindle provided with a slip-joint, a spiral spring attached thereto, and jam-nuts arranged to bear upon said spring so as to adjust its tension, substantially as described.

2 In a cartridge-filling machine, the com bination,with the main structure and a reciprocating cross-head mounted thereon, of a crimping device provided at one end with a recess of-the proper configuration to crimp. the cartridge-shell, and at its opposite ends. with quick threads, which latter engage with similar threads in the cross-head, substantially as set forth. I I

29. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination of the main supporting structure, a crimping device having a quick .thread upon its spindle, a thimble, E, a worm-bead upon said spindle below the thimble, a spiral spring depending from the thiinble and engaging said bead, and a reciprocating crosshead or equivalent device provided with quick threads adapted to register with the quick threads in .the crimper-spindle, substantially as set forth.

30. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination, with the table providedwith the orifice a and the incline a, of the disk D, provided with the holders (1, substantially as shown and described.

31. In a cartridge-filling machine, the combination,with the intermittently rotating disk, 7

the cartridge-holders, and the crimping de- -fixe revolving during the operation of er vice of the pivoted toothed lever and the d dog, whereby the shell is prevented from -P a substantially as shown and described; 0

32. In a i'artridge-fillin'g machine, the pombinatiomwith the intermittentlyrotating-disk, devices for operating the:same,and cartridgeholders attached to said disk, of the pivoted toothed lever and the fixed dog, said'leve'r and 5 5 dog being arranged to receive the cartridgeshell between. them and to prevent said shell. from revolving during the operation ofcrimping', substantially as shown and describe-(1.1 1

33. In a cartridge filling machine, the combination, with the main structure, of a rotating disk mounted upon said structure and provided with a series of recesses, apivoted spring-actuated lever arranged to engage by its free end with said recesses, and devices for throwing said lever out of engagement with said recesses, for the purpose set forth.

34. In a machine for filling cartridges, the combination, with the main structure and atable mounted thereon and provided with an aperture, of a reciprocating cross-head and a punch attached thereto, arranged to enter the cartridge-shell and to force the priming therefrom' through the aperturein the table, substantiallyasshown and described. 7

35. In a cartridge-filling machine, the table provided with a recess, an anvil located in said recess, a feeding device for conducting the primings to the anvil, and a'yieldingbearing .for said feeder, in combination with the re- 8( ciprocating primer-setting punch, arranged to enter the cartridge-shells and affiri the prim ings thereto, substantially as shown and de= scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 8 specification in the presence of twosubscrib- 'ing witnesses.

FRANKLIN L. CHAMBEBLIN.

" Witnesses:

CHAS. H. Donna, GEo. W..KING. 

